Wrong personThis is not TIVADAR Puskás, but his brother FERENC Puskás.(HUNGARY - 1954)

Wrong personThis is not Jean NICOT, the one who brought tobacco to Europe, but an unknown Dutch merchant, Jean NIQUET.(FRANCE - 1961)

Wrong personThis is not a picture of Lt. John SHORTLAND, but a portrait of his father.(AUSTRALIA - 1947)

Wrong personStamp commemorating the birth of Betsy ROSS as the designer of the first Stars and Stripes flag. Historians however agree that she played no part in its design, the claim was made by her grandson long after her death.(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1952)

Wrong personInstead of the Italian fencer PAVESI, it was the American fencer PEN that was pictured on this stamp.(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 1960)

Wrong commemorationRudolf HARBIG never participated to the Olympic games. He was a world record holder.(GERMANY - 1968)

Wrong personPane of 20 stamps to pay tribute to famous personalities and events of the Old West. But instead of picturing the African-American cowboy Bill PICKETT, the stamp showed his brother. The mistake was corrected and a new sheet was issued. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - )

Wrong designCentennial of the discovery of gold by James B. Marshall at Suttons Field : the stamp shows the site with a large double-trunked tree of a species not even found in this area at that date.(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1948)

Strange QueenWhat is the Queen doing on the sheet featuring FAMOUS MEN ? (AJMAN - )

Who is the wrong man ?Both Italy and Belgium claimed that one of their citizens invented the dynamo. One of those stamps is certainly incorrect.(BELGIUM - 1930)

Different tails.How many tails has the Belgian lion ? One or two ?(BELGIUM - 1912)

Drake or devil ?According to the legend, the angel Michael is fighting a devil, not a drake.(BELGIUM - 1965)

Nurse or dactylo ?The model for this stamp, issued to commemorate the Nurse association was not a nurse, but a dactylo(CANADA - 1958)

Wrong picture and nameThe pictures of LARSEN and PETROSIAN were mixed up. Furthermore PETROSIAN was written as PETROSSIAN.(CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1983)

Naked lionA naked lion was soon given a tail and crest(CHILE - 1904)

Wrong inventor.This is not Rudolf DIESEL, but James WATT, pictured with his steam engine.(GRENADA - 1987)

Wrong nameIn a series with serpents, the names of 2 serpents were interchanged. He error was corrected, but some stamps … escaped.(HUNGARY - 1989)

Wrong inventor.This is not James WATT, but Rudolf DIESEL pictured with his engine.(GRENADA - 1987)

Wrong nameIn a series with serpents, the names of 2 serpents were interchanged. The error was corrected, but some stamps … escaped.(HUNGARY - 1989)

Wrong fish.The stamp from Israel shows the Peacock Kingfish 'Pygoplites diacanthus', not the Imperial Angelfish 'Holocanthus imperator', as can be seen on the correct stamp from the Maldive Islands.(ISRAEL - 1962)

Wrong person.This stamp pictures BOCCACE, not GIOTTO.(ITALY - 1937)

Who won ?The election od the 43rd president of the USA was a real thriller, as both candidates claimed the victory during weeks. Liberia wanted to be the first country to issue a stamp with the new president, and printed stamps featuring each candidate. (LIBERIA - 2000)

Wrong nameThis butterfly was wrongly named EUPHAEDRA ZADDACHI. The decision was taken to issue a new stamp with the correct name AMAURIS ANSORGEI.(MALAWI - 1973)

Wrong personThis is not the young Mozart at the piano, but his friend Carlos Graf Firmien.(MANAMA - 1971)

Wrong choice.Any bird would have been suitable to illustrate airmailstamps, but not the ostrich, the only bird that cannot fly.(MAURITANIA - 1988)

Wrong person.This stamp was supposed to picture Father SERRA. Unfortunately, a picture of one of his colleagues, Father FALOU, was shown.(MEXICO - 1968)

Wrong person, climbing waterThe image of Archimedes on the stamp is from a bust in the National Museum of Naples, representing Archidamos III, a third-century BC king of Sparta. And the water is flowing uphill aas it leaves the top of the screw.(ITALY - 1983)

Wrong name.Mozart's portrait with Beethoven's name!(MOZAMBIQUE - )

Wrong choiceProbably not such a good idea to illustrate aan airletter with an ostrich, the only bird which cannot fly !(SOUTH WEST AFRICA - 1957)

Wrong personStamp issued to commemorate the designer of the first Belgian stamp. It was however not Jakob Wiener, but J.H. Robinson.(BELGIUM - 1987)

Wrong modelStamps commemorating the Kings and Queens of England. As no picture existed of King William the Conqueror, the editor Charles Mc Miram proposed himself to be pictured on the stamp.(BARBUDA - 1960)

Who is right ?Both Italy and Belgium claimed that one of their citizens invented the dynamo. One of those stamps is certainly incorrect.(ITALY - 1934)

Wrong nameCommemoration of the first Belgian stamp. In the lower left corner, the name of the engraver was added : Jacques WIENER. In fact the first dies of this stamps were prepared by the Englishman J.H. ROBINSON.(BELGIUM - 1925)

Wrong chosen colourOpium is extractedfrom plants with white flowers or white with a pink shade, not red.(ITALY - 1977)

ImaginationThere is no known portrait of John BRISCOE, thus this representation is completely imaginary.(BRITISH ANTARTICA - 1973)

Wrong personA portrait of Samuel de Champlain do not exist. This stamp is based on a portrait of the banker Michel Particelli d’Émery engraved by Balthazar Moncornet in 1654.(CANADA - 1908)

One too muchThe leaves of a maple tree grow two by two. You will not find three leaves growing from the same point.(CANADA - 1964)

And why not ?As no portrait existed of the explorer Henri Kelsey, the engraver of this stamp took himself as model.(CANADA - 1970)

Wrong animalThis is not the UNAU COLEOPUS DIDACTYLUS, with only 2 claws (the stamp shows at least three). It is probably a Bradypus Tridactylus.(COLOMBIA - 1960)

Father or son ?Hans Holbein de Elder, who is believed to have lived from 1463 to 1524 painted this Adoration of the Three Magi. The stamp however attributes the painting to his som, Hans Holbein the Younger who lived 1497-1543(DAHOMEY - 1971)

Wrong paintersAll stamps say that a painting of Correggio is shown. Yhis is only the true for one value (100 F), the two other paintings are from other painters. (IVORY COAST - 1984)

Other sideReindeers do not live in the Southern hemisphere, only in the North.(FRENCH ANTARTIC TERRITORIES - 1987)

DifferentThe Mozart featured on this stamp does not resemble to any known portrait of him.(FRANCE - 1957)

Wrong teamThis stamp illustrates a rowing event not, as might be expected, with the rowing four which had won a gold medal for the Federal Republic at Munich, but with the rowing four of the D.D.R.(GERMANY - 1976)

Wrong portraitCentenary of the Bethel Institution, founded in 1867 and taken over by Friedrich von Bodelschwingh in 1872. The portrait on the stamp however is of his son.(GERMANY - 1967)

SubstitutionThe engraver of this stamp was not the non-existing Mazelin, but the famous engraver Gandon, who could not use his real name for political reasons.(FRANCE - 1945)

Wrong genderThe Neanderthaler skull discovered in Gibraltar in 1848 turned out to be the skull of a women.(GIBRALTAR - 1973)

Wrong inscriptionThe portrait on this coin is Zeus. The inscription Philippos is located at the other side of the coin and means that is was issued during the reign of Philippos (II of Macedonia)..(GREECE - 1956)

Wrong nameThe Lycaena virgaureae had earlier been assigned to a new genus, and should have been called Heodes virgaureae.(HUNGARY - 1959)

Wrong birdThis is not the bald eagle, but the Shrieking sea eagle. Correct on the Swedish stamp (HUNGARY - 1962)

Wrong nameThis is the common Brown Hare Lepus europaeus, not the Mountain (or blue) Hare Lepus timidus, a species of northern Europe. (HUNGARY - 1964)

Wrong typeThis shrimp is claimed to be a Pandalus borealis. But this is in fact a warmwater species Penaeus setiferus, not found in the Icelandic waters.(ICELAND - 1971)

Big flowersThe flowers are out of proportion camparing to the rest of the plant.(MONGOLIA - 1986)

Big flowersThe flowers are out of proportion camparing to the rest of the plant.(MONGOLIA - 1986)

Wrong designThe Boletus lurigus is not equipped with lamelles (flakes) but with small underneath pipes.(NICARAGUA - 1985)

Wrong representationThe Xerocomus illudens is not equipped with lamelles (flakes) but with small underneath pipes.(NICARAGUA - 1985)

No connexionIt is a little bit strange to find Captain Cook on a stamp from Penrhyn, as it is over 800 miles from the Cook Islands and was not discovered until many years after his death. (PENRHYN - 1920)

Wrong personIn this series of famous doctors, instead of Dr. Innozenz PETRYCY, it was the philosopher Sebastian PETRYCY who was featured on this stamp.(POLAND - 1957)

Out of placeIn this series comemorating famous doctors, D. Sniadecki is out of place : he was a doctor in the chemistry.(POLAND - 1957)

Wrong personInstead of the Commander in Chief of the Paris Communes Jaroslav Dabrowski, the stamp shows the pianist and composer Henrik Dabrowski. A photograph of the composer was mistakenly used for a protrait of J.D. by a painter, and afterwards by the designer of the stamp.(POLAND - 1975)

Not the correct doveThe dove has sonce long been an international symbol symbol of peace, but this birds howeverf, are not doves, but Trumpeter pigeons. (POLAND - 1950)

Wrong nameIf it is a Jaguar, then it is a Felis onza. But if it is a Panther, the name would be Felis pardus.(POLAND - 1978)

Wrong plantsSeries is supposed to show native plants. However the Lantana camara and the Canna indica are both plants of tropical American origin.(PITCAIRN ISLANDS - 1970)

Wrong nameThis painting was not made by Marco Liberi, but by Pietro Liberi.(ROMANIA - 1969)

Wrong painterThis painting is from Pieter Boel, not from Jacob Jordaens.(ROMANIA - 1970)

Wrong pictureOn the FDC issued to commemorate the death of the astronaut Alan Shepard was inadvertenly placed a picture of Yuri Gargarin. This was of course immediately corrected.(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1998)

Wrong fishThis is certainly not a Tarpon, amongst other characteristics, the Tarpon has a blunt head and only one dorsal fin.(SAINT CHRISTOPHER - 1968)